Maker: Once Known Maker
Culture: Chinese
Date Made: 19th century
Material: Porcelain
Measurements: 8 x 9 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (20.32 x 23.5 x 19.37 cm)
Collection: Smith College Museum of Art SC 1938.16.1
Extra Information:
- The bottom of the vessel contains repeated inscriptions of poems that wrap around the body towards the lid
- “Ceramic poetry” has been found in its barest forms in the Neolithic Age
- Poetry became a common occurrence during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) and often carry the emotions of the artist and compliment the existing visual design1
- Sun, Jingyi, Qian Liu, Zhi Huang, Jian Wang, and Lun Wang. 2025. “Research on the Dissemination of Chinese Ceramic Stories Based on Ceramic Poetry and Its Translation.” Media and Communication Research 6 (1): 56–63. https://doi.org/10.23977/mediacr.2025.060108. ↩︎